'Smart' street-lamps light up only when people are around

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An Indian-origin designer has developed unique 'smart' street-lamps which light up only in presence of people, an invention that could slash energy costs by 80 per cent.
Shaw believes the system will slash energy costs and CO2 emissions by 80 per cent, and maintenance by another 50 per cent, due to the integrated wireless sensor that allows lamps to alert a central control center. The technology to distinguish between people and smaller animals, like cats and mice, so it would avoid lighting up unnecessarily has also been developed. "I thought, why should each citizen pay for street lights that aren't being used? We now have a solution for that," he said.

Tvilight has already been implemented in four municipalities in Holland and one in Ireland.

 

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An Indian-origin designer has developed unique 'smart' street-lamps which light up only in presence of people, an invention that could slash energy costs by 80 per cent.
Shaw believes the system will slash energy costs and CO2 emissions by 80 per cent, and maintenance by another 50 per cent, due to the integrated wireless sensor that allows lamps to alert a central control center. The technology to distinguish between people and smaller animals, like cats and mice, so it would avoid lighting up unnecessarily has also been developed. "I thought, why should each citizen pay for street lights that aren't being used? We now have a solution for that," he said.

Tvilight has already been implemented in four municipalities in Holland and one in Ireland.

Is this appropriate for a country like India where rapes take place often?

 

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Is this appropriate for a country like India where rapes take place often?

In India you always have people on the street, it may never go off. On the other hand if women are chained to the bed, rapes may not happen. OOps people get raped in their home too. (This is a Tongue-in-cheek statement).